his strict adherence to the sunnah, would not go out until the sun had risen, and would proclaim Allah’s greatness from his home to the prayer ground (1).

When he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the prayer ground, he would begin the prayer without either the call to prayer or the call announcing its commencement (2), and without the announcement, “Gather for prayer.” The sunnah, therefore, is not to do any of these things.

Neither he nor his Companions, upon reaching the prayer ground, would offer any prayer before or after the Eid prayer (3).

He would begin with the prayer before the sermon, praying two rakʿahs (units of prayer). In the first, he would proclaim Allah’s greatness seven times in succession, including the opening proclamation, with a brief pause between each proclamation and the next. No specific remembrance has been transmitted from him for the intervals between these proclamations. However, Ibn Masʿūd is reported to have said: “One should praise Allah, extol Him, and invoke blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).” Al-Khallāl recorded this (4). And Ibn ʿUmar, with